Gandhi's Hinduism the Struggle against Jinnah's Islam

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Gandhi's Hinduism the Struggle against Jinnah's Islam

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Author: M J Akbar
ISBN: 9789389449143

by M J Akbar

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Author M J Akbar

Publisher Bloomsbury India

Synopsis Gandhi, a devout Hindu, believed faith could nurture the civilizational harmony of India, a land where every religion had flourished. Jinnah, a political Muslim rather than a practicing believer, was determined to carve up a syncretic subcontinent in the name of Islam. His confidence came from a wartime deal with Britain, embodied in the 'August Offer' of 1940. Gandhi's strength lay in ideological commitment which was, in the end, ravaged by the communal violence that engineered partition. The price of this epic confrontation, paid by the people, has stretched into generations.

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Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury India
Pages: 450
Binding: HardBack

ISBN: 9789389449143
Category: Politics & Current Affairs
Related Category: Criticism & Interviews